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On the 9th June 2015, the MFSA informed the industry that the submission of the Financial Return 2B will now be automated, in order to facilitate the reporting requirements pertaining to Fund Managers.

On 20 March 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/606 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/760 as regards the requirements of pertaining to the investment policies...

On the 16th May, 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority published a public statement entitled, "Actions to manage the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on investment fund portfolios".

The SFDR requires financial market participants and financial advisers to make pre-contractual disclosures to investors on how they integrate ESG factors in their risk and decision-making processes.

In 2016, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) undertook a consolidation of its funds regime. This effort resulted in the addition of the notified alternative investment fund (Notified AIF) to Malta's extensive range of fund structures.

Hot on the heels of Irish legislation to facilitate redomiciliation (as reported in last month’s Hedgeline) the Malta Financial Services Authority of Malta has published its own guidelines for the redomiciliation of offshore funds on 8 January.

This consultation documents explains how the MFSA plans to transpose the provisions of the Directive.

The rationale behind such amendment is for the MFSA to gather the required information under the AIFMD, specifically articles 3(3) and 24(3).

On the 23rd April, 2015, ESMA issued a consultation paper on draft guidelines specifying criteria for the assessment of knowledge and competence of natural persons in investment firms...

While addressing an Investment Managers' Forum organised by the Malta Stock Exchange, in collaboration with Thomson Reuters, Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna stated that "the reason for the financial services...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA') has, on the 16th of May 2018, published the following parts of the Investment Services Rules for Alternative Investment Funds (‘AIFs'):

On the 10th November 2020, the Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA') announced that it has restructured its Loan Funds Regime.

Andrew Caruana Scicluna hosts Riccardo Conti of Fume and Stephen Gauci Baluci of CC Fund Services Limited to examine whether fund tokenisation delivers on its promises of liquidity and efficiency, or simply redistributes existing risks. The discussion explores how atomic settlement, fractional ownership, and smart contracts may reshape the roles of transfer agents, fund administrators, and settlement teams in daily operations.

An auspiciously-timed revolution in Malta's financial services industry has seen the country emerge as one of the EU's most attractive finance centres...

For the first time, Malta has been ranked as 'Most favoured domicile in Europe' in Hedge Fund Service Provider rankings 2013 by Hedge Funds Review.

A Collective Investment Scheme licence was issued to Italo SICAV plc on 18th May 2015.

Teamwork takes a new meaning when there is a social dimension to it. Collaboration, care and altruism are the common characteristics running through a number of philanthropic initiatives...